Bitten by the horse bug

Ella has been taking horse riding lessons this last fall, which she loves and is doing really great! Claire,my nervous and needs to warm up to new things and people, is just so funny about these horses! Its sort of been a love/hate relationship up until now. She has always loved going to see the horses, in fact she would often ask to do so... at first she loved blowing them kisses, then she worked her way up to patting them, sometimes she would even feed them a carrot or a treat, but she would never get on one. The idea of that just terrified her. Some major screams and clutching would take place if you even tried to sit her on a horse. But all along she would love to go and see them. Well ever sense she has been watching her big sister ride almost every week she has been warming up to the idea of riding and today she did it! When asked if she wanted to ride Toi with Ally she said "yes" and got right up there! She didn't even cry or get nervous at all! Then she went right to the next one and went for a ride on Tess with her Nana! Big step today! She just may have been bitten by the horse bug!